talk is not working

[RBI]

Talk in HPUX 11.11 is not working can anyone tell me what is problem?

[Sunil Sharma_1]

make sure talk service is enable in /etc/inetd.conf

ntalk dgram udp wait root /usr/lbin/ntalkd ntalkd

this entry should be there in this file if it is not there make this entry and run inetd -c

Sunil

[bhavin asokan]

hi,

check in /etc/services for the following entries

talk 517/udp # conversation
ntalk 518/udp # new talk, conversation

regds,

[H.Merijn Brand (procura]

Once it works, and you work under X11, consider using xtalk (old) or ytalk (much better) on http://www.metawire.org/ytalk/

Enjoy, Have FUN! H.Merijn

[RBI]

I tried enabling it in /etc/inetd but it is now workinb i think some bug in talk please help if it is so

[Fred Ruffet]

do not forget to set mesg to y...

Regards,

Fred

[RBI]

i HAVE ALREADY DONE mesg y.
so it is not the problem

[RBI]

Have anybody tried using talk on HPUX 11.11

[Fred Martin_1]

Interesting. I had used talk successfully on an HP-UX 10.20 system. I'm now using HP-UX 11.111 and my talk also does not work.

/etc/services:
talk 517/udp # conversation
ntalk 518/udp # new talk, conversation

/etc/inetd.conf:
ntalk dgram udp wait root /usr/lbin/ntalkd ntalkd

checked mesg for both users, it's y.

Is there something that needs to begin at boot time to make this work?